Strategic Drivers In the last two years M&A; activity has been driven by strategic buys, particularly by the major global security companies, major defense companies and from outside the security business – IT and communication companies and more recently validation, authentication and biometric companies. This dynamic will continue to apply in 2011 and beyond. http://memoori.com/physical-security-2010 Private Equity has played a much more passive role in recent years. It has suffered as a result of the financial meltdown and has not been able to recycle through the natural process of IPO’s. It is going through a process of restructuring and is redefining investment parameters. So Public Equity will continue to dominant the M&A; scene for the next 2 years. However Private Equity has in the past been a major source of funding for acquisitions and the pundits tell us that private equity buyouts are on their way back. In 2011 IPO activity is likely to be […]